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INDEX. 



PAGE 



Diseases of poultry and pi- 

 geons 81 



. of rabbits 196 



of swine 223 



of cows 274 



of bees 325 



Distemper in pheasants 139, 141 

 Domestic Poultry. See Poul- 

 try. 



Dorking fowls, size and co- 

 lour of 16 



distinction 



of the 17 



1 reputation of 24 



Dove, the stock, the ring, 



and the turtle 152 



Dove-cote, 159, 161 



Dove-house system, injustice, 



of the ....' 157 



Drone, the, or male bee 293 



Duck, qu.-tlities of the tame 

 and wild, flesh of, prefera- 

 ble to that of the goose.... 9 



one hundred species of 



the 99 



Duck eggs hatched by hens , 108 



Ducks, eider 102 



social qualities of ... 103 



held in high estima- 

 tion by the ancients 103 



varieties of 104 



the canvass-backed 



American 105 



caution concerning 106 



proportion of to the 



drake ib. 



number of eggs laid 



by ib. 



incubation of the.. .. 107 



fat tening of 109 



arorns as food for ... 110 



Eggs to keep for setting .... 



to keep for us? 



importation of 



size of swans' 



Ellis, adulteration of beer, 



described by 363, 



observations of, re- 

 specting malt 349, 



cautious given by, in 



malting 



Embden geese 



Entire Guile, small beer. . . . 



39 



59 



60 



126 



364 

 364 



350 

 123 

 378 



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Epicure, the, a Pamphlet, by 



T. Young 41 



Everlasting layers, 18, 19 



Every day hens 19 



Experiments, curious, on 

 cows 276, 277 



Feathers, method of preserv- 

 ing 60 



or down, time for 



taking 62 



Fecundity, to promote, in 

 hens 70 



Feeders, the most considera- 

 ble 77 



Feeding houses for poultry. . 64 

 Wokingham me- 

 thod of 77 



Food, quantity for fowls . .25, 71 



Fowls, Guinea , 5 



aquatic 9 



gallinaceous 12, 20 



varieties of the com- 

 mon 12, 16 



of game. 12, 13 



the Dorking 16, 24 



the Poland 18 



the Bantam . . 19 



Foreign varieties of, 



proper method of killing.. 23 



on the health of .... 35 



plucking living 61 



feeding and fattening 63 



diseases of ol 



choice of, for feed- 

 ing 67 



places famous for 



fatted 76 



Game, price of 178, 179 



fowls, difficulty of 



rearing, (see also Fowls). 13 

 Game-bill, effects of the late 177 



Gander, courage of the 115 



Geese, kept as a preventive 

 from rallies among hounds 10 



rearing of, in the 



fens 



plucking alive 



treatment of, at the 



61 



62 



feeders 117 



breeding stock of .... 118 



hemlock and yew 



detrimental to 121 



